Lenspect is a graphical application for investigating suspicious files and URLs through VirusTotal. It presents results from the service in a GTK and libadwaita interface designed for the Linux desktop.
The application requires an internet connection and a VirusTotal API key. For file checks, it calculates a hash and looks for an existing analysis. If no report exists, it uploads the file for scanning. This distinction matters when checking confidential material: analysis is not confined to the local computer.
Lenspect provides on-demand investigation rather than continuous antivirus protection. Its results help users examine available evidence, including individual vendor detections, instead of relying solely on a single overall classification.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Check web addresses as well as local files, with separate modes for each type of investigation.
- Select files through a file chooser, drag and drop, or desktop file-opening integration.
- Request fresh analysis of previously checked files and URLs.
- Display detection totals and results reported by individual security vendors.
- Inspect file properties, submission dates, community scores and available threat labels.
- View and copy file hashes for use in other investigation tools.
- Examine URL categories, HTTP response codes and redirect information where available.
- Display sandbox verdicts and additional analysis information returned by VirusTotal.
- Keep separate file and URL histories and reopen their reports.
- Export analysis reports as text files or open the corresponding VirusTotal report.
- Show API quota usage and notifications when usage thresholds are reached.
- Continue an ongoing scan in the background and provide result notifications.
- Store API credentials through the desktop secret service when available.
Website: github.com/vmkspv/lenspect
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Developer: Vladimir Kosolapov
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Lenspect is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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